E30 Zone

Good or bad, post em up lads

check out this pile of shitte

Wow, its like a hearse gone wrong. I thought normal allegros were bad.

This has to be one of the best estates



followed by one of these (if you can consider it an estate)

this has to be one of the worst though, especially considering what beauties the company has come up with in the past

That allegro is so ugly it's cool

The allegro is an abortion on wheel trims, this is so ugly its cool

billgatese30 wrote:this has to be one of the worst though, especially considering what beauties the company has come up with in the past

Oh dear god, those windows!! WTF happened with the windows?!!?

One of my favourite estates, the Lynx Eventer :-

billgatese30 wrote:this has to be one of the worst though, especially considering what beauties the company has come up with in the past

Seen in the flesh in Germany last year at Mielenwerk in Berlin.



As hideous in real life as the pictures show!

cecotto479 wrote:One of my favourite estates, the Lynx Eventer :-

quite a common thing round these parts, Lynx were just down the road from my work before (i think) going bust. They're now in Berkshire but there are small off-shoot companies still dotted around Hastings, formed by former Lynx staff. The bodyshop over the road used to do their final prep and paint, they still usually have a handful of E or D types in at any one time

They only made about 70. I only ever saw one on the road - in Cheshire.

cecotto479 wrote:They only made about 70. I only ever saw one on the road - in Cheshire.

Was it on an AA or RAC flatbed ?

I say "on the road". It was parked. Probably awaiting recovery.

Allergic estate was not that bad...remember that it followed 1100/1300 saloon that was only available as an estate very late in it's production run...

My mother had an 1100 estate for a while,my then g/f and I discovered that the rear seat backrest would fold backwards into the 'boot' area...bouncing around on this was the final nail in this cars exhaust!

The only "estate" style car pre-E30 that I ever quite liked was the Reliant Scimitar GTE

IMO the E30 Touring was the first "Cool" estate type car - I cant think of another 80's estate worth mentioning - they were all too big, too wallowy and too slow.

Volvo tried with the T5 but quick as it was it was still a fookin Volvo estate

Estates didnt really get properly interesting until a few years ago with the E46 330 Touring in MSport flavour or the Top-end Audi A4's - these are good looking fast cars in their own right.

An se5 in good nick is actually a nice car, and very well built for something British.
We broke a horror of one for parts a while back and it was a bit of a shame really that the previous owner had let it get so bad, 9 years in a barn had finished it off.

MagSlot wheels FTW

I like all these

Audi 80


W123


Bluebird


Commodore 78'


W124



Accord Aerodeck



73' Buick



50' Buick Roadmaster Wagon



Maserati Quattroporte Bellagio Fastback Touring

I like the Audi but don't think they were as good as an E30, and the Aerodeck was a bit different but you can keep the rest.

My ex-Mrs had one of those Bluebird estates for a while - horrible turd. Like most jap cars it was very easy to drive but it was woefully slow. Transporting 3 fully grown and muddy german shepherd dogs every day plus an absolute caning every time I drove it killed it after a few months.

You can't mention Audi 80s and cool estates without mentioning the rs2

Executive frogs legs



Silver shadow

Farnham Zephyr/Zodiac estates







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62' Chevy Covair wagon



69' Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser



Volvo 1800ES



60' Ford Country Squire



57' Chevy Nomad

Has to old skool Ford for me




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By b7tmw at 2012-06-03

Sorry Trev - much as I love old Fords those Granada's are pretty definitive of whats wrong with 99% of pre E30 Touring estates - take a good looking saloon and ruin it by grafting a big fat arse onto it

This is the same model car my Dad had when we were young, I loved that car

Alfa 33 sportwagon,


Small 'sporty' estate released 1984, predating the e30 touring by several years.

Rover SD1 & P6 never went into production,thankfully...

http://newsite.p6club.com/node/211

Agreed, most estates tend to look like the saloon with a lump tacked on. They look an afterthought or just seem like the designer couldn't be bothered.

I win!

I've just bought a 1962 Volvo amazon estate. Should be interesting

This is my mates twin turbo w124 wagon...

Picture whore that I am here is my current daily driver (estate)